Birdhouse Factors to Consider There are few bird-watching experiences more rewarding than setting up a birdhouse and having ...

Bird nests can vary from crude and simple to intricate and complex. Predators, weather, habitat and the availability of ...

The location, shape and construction of a nest is as good a way to identify a species as is feather colour or song is to ...

a male house wren appeared in the yard around April 20, loudly announcing himself via his rollicking, trilled song. He wasted no time investigating potential nest sites, and my new bird house was ...

House wrens construct their nests from sticks ... Or are they merely luring defenseless birds to nest in dangerous places? I don’t know the answer to this question, and I may never know it.

Therefore, nest boxes made for house wrens, which have an entrance hole of only 1 inch, will discourage the sparrow. House wrens, although not colorful birds, are enjoyable to have around.

and they grab the best cavities before migrating cavity nesters like house wrens arrive. Mice or other small mammals occupying nest boxes in winter also means birds can’t use the nest boxes for ...

It’s that time of year here in our neck of Pennsylvania when it’s prime nesting season for our feathered friends. Case in ...

just as house wrens protect the resources of their nesting territory by destroying other birds’ nests. This is the way of the natural world. Working to protect it means learning to accept its ...

At Little Swamp Sanctuary in western Midland County, most of this year's resident house wrens nest in natural tree cavities. These birds also like to use small nesting boxes – with a base of ...

The bird’s desire to get this nest building done is one thing ... This year, however, the wren colony was late in arriving and a house sparrow checked out the gourd, saw that it liked it ...